Topics Started by coaster

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Dilemma - What can I offer my wife if she leaves the witnesses?
by truthseeker in
1. jw
2. friends
this week, my wife called me an "opposing husband" - because i stopped believing that jehovah chose the watchtower society as his sole channel on earth.. .

my wife knows about the society, it's flip-flop on doctrines, child sex abuse scandals, including the un, but none of that matters.. .

she doesn't read the litertaure, not even the bible.. .
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Elders reading coasters postings for judical reasons
by coaster in
1. watchtower
2. beliefs
elders, please know my many dificulties for the past 16 years and the emotional toll it has taken on me.

i found this site at my doctors doctors direction as a place to learn and vent frustrations built up in me for years, and i am sorry some of the language was bad as the word chioce.

a two week inense manic high here with way more freedeom to spead just go me going.
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I told a lie
by purplesofa in
1. jw
2. friends
i very rarely lie, but i took off work for personal reasons, and that was not a good enough explanation so i told an acceptable lie which no one really gives a rats ass or not.. there was a time when the telling the truth about eveything was important to me.

i thought it made a difference.

sometimes i suffered for telling the truth.
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What generation witness are you?
by Bonnie_Clyde in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm a 4th generation witness.

however, i have jw cousins with grown grandchildren (that makes 6 generations), and two of them are married--all in the "truth.

" if they have kids, they will be 7th generation.
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Page 6666
by exwitless in
1. jw
2. friends
i don't have anything inspiring or funny to say.

i just thought it was cool that we're on page 6666 on jwd.
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Prophetic Speculations - What a Sad List of Embarrasing Dissappointments
by Lady Liberty in
1. watchtower
2. bible
thank you alan feuerbacher!!http://corior.blogspot.com/2006/02/some-prophetic-speculations.html.

some prophetic speculationsalan feuerbacher.

1831: william miller begins preaching christ's return in the fall of 1843.. 1842: miller and followers begin publishing a journal, the midnight cry.. 1843, late: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return in the spring of 1844.. 1844, spring: miller and followers disappointed; fix christ's return on october 22, 1844.. 1844, late: miller and followers anticipate disappointment.. 1844, october 21: miller says: "i told some of my brethren christ would not come on the morrow" because the second coming would be "in an hour they think not".
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Daniel-P's Convention Experience
by daniel-p in
1. jw
2. friends
well, i'm here at the convention, and boy is it a dozer.

all the speakers blur together - they all sound like the same exact person with their superficial emphasis on the "key points.

" today was a tad juicy, with the "stay away from the demon-enhanced apostates" symposium and the "you don't need an education to scrub toilets, jerk" talk as well.
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Finding a Therapist
by freeme in
1. jw
2. experiences
im thinking often about finding a therapist to talk my burden off my shoulders.

since many years i have noone to talk to.

im lonely while having plenty of friends.
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who have you murdered? my life is over again
by coaster in
1. watchtower
2. bible
is it wrong to even think about it?

how can a religion take over and have so much control.

i know truth, but only when is walks up and sticks a finger deep into my eye socket.
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Request for Experiences
by dedalus in
1. jw
2. friends
some of you may remember me from a long time ago.

anyway, i'm back now and wondered if i could collect some of your experiences.. .

my younger brother disassociated himself this week.